*Clerk of the Circuit Court had divorce and court records&lt;ref name="HBG"&gt;''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Marion County, West Virginia. Page 744 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.&lt;/ref&gt;

*Clerk of the Circuit Court had divorce and court records&lt;ref name="HBG"&gt;''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Marion County, West Virginia. Page 744 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.&lt;/ref&gt;

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== History ==

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*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=30036 The 175th anniversary of the formation of Monongalia County, West Virginia] at Ancestry.com ($)

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'''1776'''--Monongalia County was created 7 October 1776&nbsp;from the District of West Augusta.<br>'''County seat:''' Morgantown<ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref>

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'''1776'''--Monongalia County was created 7 October 1776&nbsp;from the District of West Augusta.<br>'''County seat:''' Morgantown<ref>''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref>

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Monongalia County has been called "mother of counties" because many originated as part of it.&nbsp; The first set off was Harrison County, in 1784.&nbsp; See a [http://www.wvgenweb.org/ table of West Virginia County formation histories], or an interactive map of Monongalia County [http://www.n2genealogy.com/westvirginia/wv-maps.html boundary changes].

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Monongalia County has been called "mother of counties" because many originated as part of it.&nbsp; The first set off was Harrison County, in 1784.&nbsp; See a [http://www.wvgenweb.org/ table of West Virginia County formation histories]

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For animated maps illustrating West Virginia county boundary changes, [http://www.mapofus.org/westvirginia/ "Rotating Formation West Virginia County Boundary Maps"] (1617-1995) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

#'''Gethsemane '''(1803)<ref name="baptist">Robert Baylor Semple and George William Beale, ''A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia'' (1810; reprint, Richmond, Va.: Pitt and Dickinson, 1894), 434, 438. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=t6RhTC8ziQQC Google Books].</ref>

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*'''Gethsemane '''(1803)<ref name="baptist">Robert Baylor Semple and George William Beale, ''A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia'' (1810; reprint, Richmond, Va.: Pitt and Dickinson, 1894), 434, 438. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=t6RhTC8ziQQC Google Books].</ref>

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#'''Mount Olivet''' (1801)<ref name="baptist" />

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Monongalia County fell within the bounds of the Red Stone Association and the Union Association.

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Monongalia County fell within the bounds of the Red Stone Association and the Union Association.

*'''[Bird]''' Bird, Leonard William. ''A Family History of John and Rachel Bird of Graham County, Kansas: Their Ancestors and Their Dependents [sic]''. Beatrice, Neb.: L.W. Bird, 1990. {{FHL|721011|item|disp=FHL}}.

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*'''Bird''' - Bird, Leonard William. ''A Family History of John and Rachel Bird of Graham County, Kansas: Their Ancestors and Their Dependents [sic]''. Beatrice, Neb.: L.W. Bird, 1990. {{FHL|721011|item|disp=FHL}}.

*'''[Cushman]''' Burt, Alvah Walford. ''Cushman Genealogy and General History: Including the Descendants of the Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and Monongalia County, Virginia Families''. Cincinnati, Ohio: A.W. Burt, 1942. {{FHL|256629|item|disp=FHL}}.

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*'''Cushman''' - Burt, Alvah Walford. ''Cushman Genealogy and General History: Including the Descendants of the Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and Monongalia County, Virginia Families''. Cincinnati, Ohio: A.W. Burt, 1942. {{FHL|256629|item|disp=FHL}}.

*'''[Hammer]''' Parker, Wayne V. and Olive Marian Garmire Parker. ''The Hammers Genealogy: The Descendants of Peter Hammer, 1757-1838, York and Greene Counties, Pennsylvania, a Soldier of the Revolutionary War. Also the Family Lines that are the Ancestors of the Writer, His Cousins and Others, Linn-Lynn- Colburn-Skinner-Van Voorhees-Hanna''. Wichita, Kan.: n.p., 1972. {{FHL|282507|item|disp=FHL}}.

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*'''Hammer''' - Parker, Wayne V. and Olive Marian Garmire Parker. ''The Hammers Genealogy: The Descendants of Peter Hammer, 1757-1838, York and Greene Counties, Pennsylvania, a Soldier of the Revolutionary War. Also the Family Lines that are the Ancestors of the Writer, His Cousins and Others, Linn-Lynn- Colburn-Skinner-Van Voorhees-Hanna''. Wichita, Kan.: n.p., 1972. {{FHL|282507|item|disp=FHL}}.

*'''[Hawkins]''' Fedorchak, Catharine F. ''Hawkins Family of West Virginia: Rev. William Hawkins of Marion County and His Brother, Joshua Hawkins with Miscellaneous Hawkins, Brown, and Allen Family Material''. Gary, Ind.: C.F. Fedorchak, 1959. {{FHL|775660|item|disp=FHL}}.

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*'''Hawkins''' - Fedorchak, Catharine F. ''Hawkins Family of West Virginia: Rev. William Hawkins of Marion County and His Brother, Joshua Hawkins with Miscellaneous Hawkins, Brown, and Allen Family Material''. Gary, Ind.: C.F. Fedorchak, 1959. {{FHL|775660|item|disp=FHL}}.

*'''[Kelley]''' Duncil, Charles W. ''William Kelley - Elwood Smith Genealogy, Browns Chapel, Monongalia County, W. Va.: The Story of the Two Families and How They Intermarried and Held Reunions for Over 50 Years''. MSS., Butler, Pa.; also available on microfilm at {{FHL|576921|item|disp=FHL}}.

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*'''Kelley''' - Duncil, Charles W. ''William Kelley - Elwood Smith Genealogy, Browns Chapel, Monongalia County, W. Va.: The Story of the Two Families and How They Intermarried and Held Reunions for Over 50 Years''. MSS., Butler, Pa.; also available on microfilm at {{FHL|576921|item|disp=FHL}}.

*'''[Lemasters]''' Hardway, Ronald V. ''Benjamin Lemasters of Nicholas County, West Virginia: His Ancestry, His War Record, His Descendants''. [Summersville, West Virginia?]: R.V. Hardway, 1993. {{FHL|705817|item|disp=FHL}}.

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*'''Lemasters''' - Hardway, Ronald V. ''Benjamin Lemasters of Nicholas County, West Virginia: His Ancestry, His War Record, His Descendants''. [Summersville, West Virginia?]: R.V. Hardway, 1993. {{FHL|705817|item|disp=FHL}}.

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*'''[Linn]''' Hull, Margaret Virginia. ''Genealogical History of the Family of William Linn Who Came from Belfast, Ireland, in 1771''. Scottdale, Pa.: Mennonite Publishing House, 1932. {{FHL|158248|item|disp=FHL}}.

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*'''Linn''' - Hull, Margaret Virginia. ''Genealogical History of the Family of William Linn Who Came from Belfast, Ireland, in 1771''. Scottdale, Pa.: Mennonite Publishing House, 1932. {{FHL|158248|item|disp=FHL}}.

*'''[Poole]''' Wilkins, Robert Poole. ''The Poole Family of Hamsphire and Monongalia Counties, West Virginia: Being Principally Descendants of the Reverend Ashby Poole (1788-1867) of Morgantown, As Well As Associated Members of the Ferguson, Morgan and McRa Families''. Grand Forks, North Dakota: R.P. Wilkins, 1988. {{FHL|416841|item|disp=FHL}}.

*'''Poole''' - Wilkins, Robert Poole. ''The Poole Family of Hamsphire and Monongalia Counties, West Virginia: Being Principally Descendants of the Reverend Ashby Poole (1788-1867) of Morgantown, As Well As Associated Members of the Ferguson, Morgan and McRa Families''. Grand Forks, North Dakota: R.P. Wilkins, 1988. {{FHL|416841|item|disp=FHL}}.

*'''[Snider]''' Frank, Roger B. ''A Genealogy and Personal History: These are Selected Biographical Sketches and a Corresponding Genealogy of Some of My Ancestors in Four Families from the Snider, the Morgan, the Icenhower, and the Frank Lines Who Helped Shape America ... ''Littleton, Colorado: R.B. Frank, 1985. {{FHL|308049|item|disp=FHL}}.

*'''Snider''' - Frank, Roger B. ''A Genealogy and Personal History: These are Selected Biographical Sketches and a Corresponding Genealogy of Some of My Ancestors in Four Families from the Snider, the Morgan, the Icenhower, and the Frank Lines Who Helped Shape America ... ''Littleton, Colorado: R.B. Frank, 1985. {{FHL|308049|item|disp=FHL}}.

Monongalia County Deeds were destroyed in a fire in the County Clerk's outbuilding in 1796. Many of the destroyed instruments were re-recorded in the now extant County Deeds (Old Series) and in the Monongalia County District Court Deeds. The latter series included mainly transactions conducted by out-of-County and out-of-State residents. As in most such records, many of the post-1796 deeds recited a chain of title.

Monongalia County Deeds were destroyed in a fire in the County Clerk's outbuilding in 1796. Many of the destroyed instruments were re-recorded in the now extant County Deeds (Old Series) and in the Monongalia County District Court Deeds. The latter series included mainly transactions conducted by out-of-County and out-of-State residents. As in most such records, many of the post-1796 deeds recited a chain of title.

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Titles to Monongalia County lands were initially conveyed by the Commonwealth of Virginia mainly in right of settlement, although some speculators bought land warrants (rights to survey and claim grants to specific tracts) and resold them. No Monongalia County lands were granted pursuant to Revolutionary War Bounty Land Warrants. The Land Office's copies of all land grants issued by VA up to 1862 are available on the internet at the [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/siteIndex.asp Library of Virginia] (go to "Land Office Patents and Grants/Northern Neck Grants and Surveys" link to search). The County Clerk retains transcripts of the original land surveys, as well as original Land Entry Books (available on microfilm at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F63001 FHL]). The titles in right of settlement were allocated by a Commission for Adjusting Claims to Unpatented Lands 1773-1785; its minutes are retained by the County Clerk, and available on microfilm at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F63001 FHL] and in the West Virginia State Archives, Charleston. Extracts of the proceedings were published by Earl L. Core, ''The Monongalia Story: a Bicentennial History'' (see Local History section of this page), mainly in Vol. 2.<br>

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Titles to Monongalia County lands were initially conveyed by the Commonwealth of Virginia mainly in right of settlement, although some speculators bought land warrants (rights to survey and claim grants to specific tracts) and resold them. No Monongalia County lands were granted pursuant to Revolutionary War Bounty Land Warrants. The Land Office's copies of all land grants issued by VA up to 1862 are available on the internet at the [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/siteIndex.asp Library of Virginia] (go to "Land Office Patents and Grants/Northern Neck Grants and Surveys" link to search). The County Clerk retains transcripts of the original land surveys, as well as original Land Entry Books (available on microfilm at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F63001 FHL]). The titles in right of settlement were allocated by a Commission for Adjusting Claims to Unpatented Lands 1773-1785; its minutes are retained by the County Clerk, and available on microfilm at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F63001 FHL] and in the West Virginia State Archives, Charleston. Extracts of the proceedings were published by Earl L. Core, ''The Monongalia Story: a Bicentennial History'' (see Local History section of this page), mainly in Vol. 2.<br>

*[http://www.mapofus.org/westvirginia/ Maps of West Virginia (1617-1995)]

*Lathrop, J. M., H. C. Penny, W. R. Proctor, ''et al''. ''An Atlas of Marion and Monongalia Cos., West Virginia''. <br>Philadelphia, PA: D. J. Lake &amp; Co., 1886.&nbsp; [A map of each Magisterial District and detail maps of major towns show land owners, as well as many businesses, cemeteries, schools and churches].&nbsp; Microfilm images available at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1127 $ancestry.com]; available on CD: {{FHL|1726136|item|disp=FHL}} and the published volume is available at the West Virginia Collection, West Virginia Univeristy Library, as well as other local and major libraries.<br>[http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/wv/map.htm Map of 1850 Virginia and West Virginia]

*Lathrop, J. M., H. C. Penny, W. R. Proctor, ''et al''. ''An Atlas of Marion and Monongalia Cos., West Virginia''. <br>Philadelphia, PA: D. J. Lake &amp; Co., 1886.&nbsp; [A map of each Magisterial District and detail maps of major towns show land owners, as well as many businesses, cemeteries, schools and churches].&nbsp; Microfilm images available at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1127 $ancestry.com]; available on CD: {{FHL|1726136|item|disp=FHL}} and the published volume is available at the West Virginia Collection, West Virginia Univeristy Library, as well as other local and major libraries.<br>[http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/wv/map.htm Map of 1850 Virginia and West Virginia]

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*Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. ''Virginia's Colonial Soldiers''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. {{FHL|47143|item|disp=FHL}}. [Some French and Indian War veterans later lived in Monongalia County, but no one served at this time while living here. Some men from eastern VA are identified as having served "at Monongalia" in 1756, but Gen. Braddock's expedition into PA is meant. Two men are mentioned in the book as living in Monongalia County in 1779; see place name index.]

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*Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. ''Virginia's Colonial Soldiers''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. {{FHL|47143|item|disp=FHL}}. Some French and Indian War veterans later lived in Monongalia County, but no one served at this time while living here. Some men from eastern VA are identified as having served "at Monongalia" in 1756, but Gen. Braddock's expedition into PA is meant. Two men are mentioned in the book as living in Monongalia County in 1779; see place name index.

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*''A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census''. 1841. Digital versions at [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf U.S. Census Bureau] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ Google Books]. 1967 reprint: {{FHL|282860|item|disp=FHL Book 973 X2pc 1840}}. [See Virginia, Western District, Eastern Monongalia County and Western Monongalia County on page 135.]

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*''A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census''. 1841. Digital versions at [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf U.S. Census Bureau] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ Google Books]. 1967 reprint: {{FHL|282860|item|disp=FHL Book 973 X2pc 1840}}. See Virginia, Western District, Eastern Monongalia County and Western Monongalia County on page 135.

*Virgil A. Lewis. ''The Soldiery of West Virginia in the French and Indian War; Lord Dunmore's War; the Revolution; the Later Indian Wars; the Whiskey Insurrection; the Second War with England; the War with Mexico, and Addenda Relating to West Virginians in the Civil War''. Charleston, W.Va.: State of West Virginia, 1911. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1967-1998. {{FHL|49215|item|disp=FHL}}; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48631&path= Ancestry] ($). [Includes a Monongalia County muster roll, lists of Revolutionary War pensioners copied from ''Report to Congress'' (1835) and summaries of legislation about recruitment for State and Continental troops and regarding Congressional pensions.]

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*Virgil A. Lewis. ''The Soldiery of West Virginia in the French and Indian War; Lord Dunmore's War; the Revolution; the Later Indian Wars; the Whiskey Insurrection; the Second War with England; the War with Mexico, and Addenda Relating to West Virginians in the Civil War''. Charleston, W.Va.: State of West Virginia, 1911. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1967-1998. {{FHL|49215|item|disp=FHL}}; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48631&path= Ancestry] ($). Includes a Monongalia County muster roll, lists of Revolutionary War pensioners copied from ''Report to Congress'' (1835) and summaries of legislation about recruitment for State and Continental troops and regarding Congressional pensions.

*Donna Parker. ''Every name index to the soldiery of West Virginia French and Indiana War ... War with Mexico ... and addenda ... Civil War'', by Virgil A. Lewis; Burbank, Calif.: Southern California Genealogical Society, 1993. {{FHL|756729|item|disp=FHL}}.

*Donna Parker. ''Every name index to the soldiery of West Virginia French and Indiana War ... War with Mexico ... and addenda ... Civil War'', by Virgil A. Lewis; Burbank, Calif.: Southern California Genealogical Society, 1993. {{FHL|756729|item|disp=FHL}}.

*'''[1786-1788]'''Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. ''The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 &amp; 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 &amp; Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle &amp; Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's&nbsp;Licenses Were Issued''. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. {{FHL|622815|item|disp=FHL}}. [Sources for this publication&nbsp;are the 1787 and 1788 personal property tax lists, and&nbsp;partial 1786 personal property tax list (names of those who do not appear on 1787 and 1788 lists were abstracted). Monongalia County is included in Vol. 2.]

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*'''1786 - 1788''' - Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. ''The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 &amp; 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 &amp; Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle &amp; Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's&nbsp;Licenses Were Issued''. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. {{FHL|622815|item|disp=FHL}}. Sources for this publication&nbsp;are the 1787 and 1788 personal property tax lists, and&nbsp;partial 1786 personal property tax list (names of those who do not appear on 1787 and 1788 lists were abstracted). Monongalia County is included in Vol. 2.

*'''[1790]''' Indexed images of the [http://www.binnsgenealogy.com/VirginiaTaxListCensuses/ 1790 Personal Property Tax List of Monongalia County, Virginia]&nbsp; (now West Virginia) are available online at [http://www.binnsgenealogy.com/ Binns Genealogy].

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*'''1790''' - Indexed images of the [http://www.binnsgenealogy.com/VirginiaTaxListCensuses/ 1790 Personal Property Tax List of Monongalia County, Virginia]&nbsp; (now West Virginia) are available online at [http://www.binnsgenealogy.com/ Binns Genealogy].

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*'''[1796-1865]''' Monongalia County, [West] Virginia Land Tax, 1796-1865. Original records, Monongalia County Courthouse, Morgantown, W. Va.; also available on microfilm at {{FHL|637380|item|disp=FHL}}.

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*'''1796 - 1865''' - Monongalia County, [West] Virginia Land Tax, 1796-1865. Original records, Monongalia County Courthouse, Morgantown, W. Va.; also available on microfilm at {{FHL|637380|item|disp=FHL}}.

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*'''[1799-1806]''' Monongalia County, [West] Virginia Land Tax, 1799-1806, MSS., West Virginia University Library, Morgantown, W. Va., prepared by the Historical Records Survey; also available on microfilm at {{FHL|170275|item|disp=FHL}}.

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*'''1799 - 1806''' - Monongalia County, [West] Virginia Land Tax, 1799-1806, MSS., West Virginia University Library, Morgantown, W. Va., prepared by the Historical Records Survey; also available on microfilm at {{FHL|170275|item|disp=FHL}}.

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*'''[1800]''' Images of the [http://www.binnsgenealogy.com/VirginiaTaxListCensuses/ 1800 Personal Property Tax List of Monongalia County, Virginia]&nbsp; (now West Virginia) are available to browse online at [http://www.binnsgenealogy.com/ Binns Genealogy].

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*'''1800''' - Images of the [http://www.binnsgenealogy.com/VirginiaTaxListCensuses/ 1800 Personal Property Tax List of Monongalia County, Virginia]&nbsp; (now West Virginia) are available to browse online at [http://www.binnsgenealogy.com/ Binns Genealogy].

County Information

Monongalia County, West Virginia Record Dates

County Courthouse

County clerk has birth and death records from 1853

Marriage records from 1796

Probate records from early 1800's

Land Records from 1843

Clerk of the Circuit Court had divorce and court records<ref name="HBG">Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Marion County, West Virginia. Page 744 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.</ref>

The 10,000 name petition (dated 16 October 1776) has been digitized at the Library of Congress website. It was signed by people from all over Virginia who wanted an end to persecution of Baptists by the Established Church. Baptists and Baptist sympathizers alike signed the petition. To find your ancestor in this record, first check Hall's transcription in the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy (Vols. 35-38, with annotations in Vol. 39), which is available online at Ancestry ($). It is also available in book form at the Family History Library: FHL Book 975.5 B2vs v. 35-39. Then proceed to the Library of Congress website to see the original images.

Monongalia County fell within the bounds of the Red Stone Association and the Union Association.

Quaker

Court

Court records were destroyed by a fire in the County Clerk's outbuilding in 1796, but some subsequent cases into the 1820s concerned events arising before that time.

Monongalia County Court Minute and Order Books 1796 to 1905 (with gaps), including a one-volume every-name index, are available on microfilm at the FHL.

A card file index to Monongalia County District, Superior and County Court case file papers in the West Virginia Collection, West Virginia University Library, Morgantown, titled Court Record Index to 1929 is available on 58 microfilms at the Family History Library. It includes name and subject indexes.

Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800. Rosslyn, Va.: The Commonwealth Printing Co. for Mary S. Lockwood, c1912-13, reprinted 1965. 3 Vols. FHL. OCR scans of text, with linked every-name indexes, available on internet at Rootsweb. [Extracts of Augusta County Court records include cases heard in the Court of Appeals in Staunton, including some from Monongalia County. See critique of errors and omissions by Daphne Gentry, of the Library of Virginia.]

Zinn, Melba Pender. Monongalia County, (West) Virginia, Records of the District, Superior and County Courts. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, c1990-2002. 12 Vols. FHL. [Abstracts of case file papers in the West Virginia Collection, West Virginia University Library, Morgantown. Surname index in each volume.]

Genealogy

It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:

Hammer - Parker, Wayne V. and Olive Marian Garmire Parker. The Hammers Genealogy: The Descendants of Peter Hammer, 1757-1838, York and Greene Counties, Pennsylvania, a Soldier of the Revolutionary War. Also the Family Lines that are the Ancestors of the Writer, His Cousins and Others, Linn-Lynn- Colburn-Skinner-Van Voorhees-Hanna. Wichita, Kan.: n.p., 1972. FHL.

Jones - "Gale-Shinn-Stanton-Jones," The American Genealogist, Vol.31 (1955):54-56. American Ancestors.

Keller - See Digman.

Kelley - Duncil, Charles W. William Kelley - Elwood Smith Genealogy, Browns Chapel, Monongalia County, W. Va.: The Story of the Two Families and How They Intermarried and Held Reunions for Over 50 Years. MSS., Butler, Pa.; also available on microfilm at FHL.

Pierpoint - Ambler, Charles H. Francis H. Pierpont, Union War Governor of Virginia and Father of West Virginia. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1937.

Pierpoint - Stickney, A.B. "The American Ancestry of John Pierpoint of (West) Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1958):51-61. Digital version at American Ancestors ($).

Poole - Wilkins, Robert Poole. The Poole Family of Hamsphire and Monongalia Counties, West Virginia: Being Principally Descendants of the Reverend Ashby Poole (1788-1867) of Morgantown, As Well As Associated Members of the Ferguson, Morgan and McRa Families. Grand Forks, North Dakota: R.P. Wilkins, 1988. FHL.

Snider - Frank, Roger B. A Genealogy and Personal History: These are Selected Biographical Sketches and a Corresponding Genealogy of Some of My Ancestors in Four Families from the Snider, the Morgan, the Icenhower, and the Frank Lines Who Helped Shape America ... Littleton, Colorado: R.B. Frank, 1985. FHL.

Steele - Steele, Donley Morris. A Genealogy of the Descendants of James Steele and His Wife, Mary: Late of Clinton District, Monongalia County, Virginia (Now West Virginia). [Morgantown, W. Va.: D.M. Steele, 1919]. FHL.

Land

Monongalia County Deeds were destroyed in a fire in the County Clerk's outbuilding in 1796. Many of the destroyed instruments were re-recorded in the now extant County Deeds (Old Series) and in the Monongalia County District Court Deeds. The latter series included mainly transactions conducted by out-of-County and out-of-State residents. As in most such records, many of the post-1796 deeds recited a chain of title.

Titles to Monongalia County lands were initially conveyed by the Commonwealth of Virginia mainly in right of settlement, although some speculators bought land warrants (rights to survey and claim grants to specific tracts) and resold them. No Monongalia County lands were granted pursuant to Revolutionary War Bounty Land Warrants. The Land Office's copies of all land grants issued by VA up to 1862 are available on the internet at the Library of Virginia (go to "Land Office Patents and Grants/Northern Neck Grants and Surveys" link to search). The County Clerk retains transcripts of the original land surveys, as well as original Land Entry Books (available on microfilm at FHL). The titles in right of settlement were allocated by a Commission for Adjusting Claims to Unpatented Lands 1773-1785; its minutes are retained by the County Clerk, and available on microfilm at FHL and in the West Virginia State Archives, Charleston. Extracts of the proceedings were published by Earl L. Core, The Monongalia Story: a Bicentennial History (see Local History section of this page), mainly in Vol. 2.

Local Histories

Rush, West & Company (Philadelphia, Pa.). Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Monongalia, Marion and Taylor Counties, West Virginia: Comprising About Five Hundred Sketches of the Prominent and Representative Citizens of These Counties: Illustrated. Philadelphia, Pa.: Rush, West & Company, 1895. FHL.

Wiley, Samuel T. History of Monongalia County, West Virginia, from Its First Settlements to the Present Time with Numerous Biographical and Family Sketches. Kingwood, W. Va.: Preston Publishing Co., 1883. FHL.

Maps

Lathrop, J. M., H. C. Penny, W. R. Proctor, et al. An Atlas of Marion and Monongalia Cos., West Virginia. Philadelphia, PA: D. J. Lake & Co., 1886. [A map of each Magisterial District and detail maps of major towns show land owners, as well as many businesses, cemeteries, schools and churches]. Microfilm images available at $ancestry.com; available on CD: FHL and the published volume is available at the West Virginia Collection, West Virginia Univeristy Library, as well as other local and major libraries.Map of 1850 Virginia and West Virginia

Military

French and Indian War, 1755-1763

Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. FHL. Some French and Indian War veterans later lived in Monongalia County, but no one served at this time while living here. Some men from eastern VA are identified as having served "at Monongalia" in 1756, but Gen. Braddock's expedition into PA is meant. Two men are mentioned in the book as living in Monongalia County in 1779; see place name index.

Revolutionary War

Regiments. Service men in Monongalia County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Monongalia County supplied soldiers for the:

A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. 1841. Digital versions at U.S. Census Bureau and Google Books. 1967 reprint: FHL Book 973 X2pc 1840. See Virginia, Western District, Eastern Monongalia County and Western Monongalia County on page 135.

Virgil A. Lewis. The Soldiery of West Virginia in the French and Indian War; Lord Dunmore's War; the Revolution; the Later Indian Wars; the Whiskey Insurrection; the Second War with England; the War with Mexico, and Addenda Relating to West Virginians in the Civil War. Charleston, W.Va.: State of West Virginia, 1911. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1967-1998. FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). Includes a Monongalia County muster roll, lists of Revolutionary War pensioners copied from Report to Congress (1835) and summaries of legislation about recruitment for State and Continental troops and regarding Congressional pensions.

Donna Parker. Every name index to the soldiery of West Virginia French and Indiana War ... War with Mexico ... and addenda ... Civil War, by Virgil A. Lewis; Burbank, Calif.: Southern California Genealogical Society, 1993. FHL.

1786 - 1788 - Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 & 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 & Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle & Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. FHL. Sources for this publication are the 1787 and 1788 personal property tax lists, and partial 1786 personal property tax list (names of those who do not appear on 1787 and 1788 lists were abstracted). Monongalia County is included in Vol. 2.

1796 - 1865 - Monongalia County, [West] Virginia Land Tax, 1796-1865. Original records, Monongalia County Courthouse, Morgantown, W. Va.; also available on microfilm at FHL.

1799 - 1806 - Monongalia County, [West] Virginia Land Tax, 1799-1806, MSS., West Virginia University Library, Morgantown, W. Va., prepared by the Historical Records Survey; also available on microfilm at FHL.

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↑ 3.03.13.23.33.43.53.63.73.8Robert Baylor Semple and George William Beale, A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia (1810; reprint, Richmond, Va.: Pitt and Dickinson, 1894), 434, 438. Digital version at Google Books.